The way I look at it, I'm a guy who acts to live.

Look, we're in the time of the anti-hero.

I play DEA, CIA, FBI, LAPD; I got 'em all.

To survive in a lot of male-dominated situations - the police, the military, what have you - you put on a bit of the crass, blowhard thing, because you just can't survive being the nice guy in those environments.

I earned a black belt when I was in high school. And I did a lot of boxing and full contact karate in college.

The best thing I ever learned from my dad was he knew he wasn't the best of singers, but he always knew he was a great entertainer, and I always thought that was a good concept to bring along, that ultimately acting is an entertainment art and you have to be aware of the fact that you want people to be excited to be watching you.

My dad was a singer in a band and neither of my parents went to college, and I ended up getting into Harvard and was the first person in my family that went to college and it happened to be Harvard.